We had a BBC film crew out many times to the Bishop, but this one time, they had been ferried out in a small helicopter, 8 people, 3 trips.
During the day, the weather just got worse and worse. By the time it came to send them ashore, it was too bad for the small helicopter to take off from the mainland. Well I didn't want them staying overnight. No place to sleep, and would have eaten all my food. So I called Air Sea Rescue. Even they had a problem, but the pilot was brilliant, did a one wheel touchdown on the pad (helicopter was too heavy for a full landing) and managed to get the BBC crew inside. As it took off and was about 100 metres metres away, a massive wave came up the tower and over me. The cameraman was filming this. Wish I had a copy.